Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) was founded in July 1990. It is a membership organization devoted to civil liberties in "cyberspace". It provides legal counsel, and in many cases funds or actual legal representation, for cases in which civil liberties are threatened or interfered with in some information-driven context (such as Internet censorship, access to strong cryptography for personal use, and so forth).

The EFF offers press releases, white papers, or action alerts on a variety of subjects, and is a leading organization in dispelling Internet-related disinformation.

Co-founded by John Perry Barlow and Mitchell Kapor.

People
Board:


 * Brad Templeton
 * John Perry Barlow
 * John Gilmore
 * David Farber
 * Lawrence Lessig
 * Pamela Samuelson
 * Brewster Kahle


 * Former director Jerry Berman
 * Former director Stewart Brand
 * Former chairman Esther Dyson
 * Denise Caruso - Director Emeriti

Staff:


 * Shari Steele, executive director and president
 * Cindy Cohn, legal director
 * Lee Tien, senior staff attorney
 * Fred von Lohmann, senior staff attorney
 * Kevin Bankston, attorney
 * Gwen Hinze, staff attorney
 * Kurt Opsahl, staff attorney
 * Jason Schultz, staff attorney
 * Wendy Seltzer, staff attorney
 * Matt Zimmerman, staff attorney
 * Chris Palmer, staff technologist
 * Seth Schoen, staff technologist
 * Terri Forman, director of development
 * Cory Doctorow, european outreach coordinator
 * Annalee Newitz, media coordinator and policy analyst
 * Katina Bishop, program coordinator
 * Ren Bucholz, activism coordinator
 * Kyle Pedersen membership coordinator
 * Donna Wentworth, writer/activist
 * S. Foot, data concierge
 * Matt Peterson, sysadmin
 * Andrea Chiang, office manager and bookkeeper
 * Katie Lucas, executive assistant
 * Barak Weinstein, legal secretary

Fellows:


 * Donna L. Hoffman

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * Robert D. Glaser - board member
 * Jonah Seiger - former staff (1993 - 1994)
 * Danny O'Brien - activism coordinator